History and Africana Studies Brian Purnell is teaching a new generalist course in US history this semester, designed to give students an informed understanding of how America became the country it is today.

Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies Sakura Christmas has won a $50,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to work on a book project about the role Japanese administrators played in shaping modern day China.

Although “modern man” may be more inclined than his predecessor to shed tears in public, crying is something that has traditionally been associated with females in western culture. That was not the case in medieval China, as Asian studies professor Leah Zuo explains.

We asked Ezra Rice ’19, who has been abroad this semester studying in Barcelona, to tell us about his experiences living in Spain in the lead-up to and aftermath of the historic Catalan vote for independence.

The changing nature of US-Cuba relations was up for discussion recently on Maine Public Radio’s daily call-in program Maine Calling, Among the guests was Roger Howell, Jr., Professor of History Allen Wells, a Latin American specialist who has visited Cuba.

Can games teach history? This fall, a new, innovative course is investigating that question. History professor and lifelong gamer Patrick Rael is helping sixteen upper-level students examine American history, from the era of exploration through the Civil War, through the medium of tabletop games.